TV manufacturer Samsung has confirmed that the BBC iPlayer, the UK’s leading catch-up TV service, is to be one of the first Apps inbuilt into their products this year.
Fulfilling CES rumour and speculation, BBC’s iPlayer TV catch-up software will be available from-the-box on Samsung TVs that incorporate their Internet@TV service, providing of course you have a Wi-Fi connection.
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Confirming, earlier this week, that the iPlayer service will be made available within months, Erik Huggers, BBC Director of Future Media and Technology, said: “BBC iPlayer has enjoyed huge success since launch two years ago, and the next challenge for us is taking the service mobile and into the living room; we’ve built a version of BBC iPlayer that can be easily adapted to work on internet-connected TVs.”
Although not the first TV to support the BBC’s iPlayer service, innovative Brit outfit Cello taking the honours late in 2009, Samsung, through its Internet@TV service, will be the most consumer accessible.
With plans to develop up to a hundred new Apps for its Wi-Fi-connected Blu-ray players and TVs, Samsung have already confirmed that Muzu.tv will also be pre-loaded, offering access to one of the largest legal music video libraries online.
Also confirmed for the Internet@TV service is LoveFilm’s DVD-rental service. Never again will you need to brave the elements or the trek down to Blockbusters to get your fix of Hugh Grant and his latest floppy-haired reincarnation. Result.
Via: Techradar
